Most of their furniture is a breeze to put up - but it takes a little longer to put together a new Ikea store.

Back in the January of 1997 work was underway to create the Giltbrook outlet, which more than 20 years later is a part of everyday DIY life in Nottingham.

Back in the '90s, us East Midlanders were among the lucky few to get the Swedish giant locally - it was only the sixth store to open in the UK, after the Warrington, Birmingham, Croydon, Gateshead and Leeds stores.

The 22,300m2 store opened on August 21, 1997, with queues of shoppers waiting outside for the doors to open, with bosses promising to offer "classic design, and quality, at incredibly low prices".

And it obviously worked, with the store still going strong two decades later.